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i-Belong App Aims to Expand Online MS Patient Communities

Belong.Life has launched an app that allows health professionals to build and manage their own online communities of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Called i-Belong ā€“ Connecting Communities, the app offers to healthcare providers, pharmaceuticals, and patient advocacy and other groups a platform to effectively and efficiently educate…

You Donā€™t Always Need to Fix It

I donā€™t know if youā€™ve noticed, but most people donā€™t like a problem without a solution. If something isnā€™t working correctly, theyā€™d rather fix, alter, or throw it out and start all over than live with ā€œwrongness.ā€ Now, thatā€™s great when it involves garage door openers, burnt-out lightbulbs, or shoddy…

MedTech Breakthrough Cites RxMx and Roche for MS Patient App

For a comprehensive support app developed for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients,Ā RxMxĀ and Roche have won the Patient Engagement Innovation Award from Medtech Breakthrough. The fourth annual awards program recognized top health and medical technology products and companies. Healthcare company RxMx and pharmaceutical company Roche collaborated to produce…

The Importance of Connecting with Family

ā€œYou canā€™t say that!ā€ Screams erupted over our Zoom chat resulting in infectious laughter. Admittedly, it was rude, too rude to mention, especially considering the unexpectedness of who said it.Ā  Fun and laughter are whatā€™s keeping us all going right now.

Forget Me Knots

At work a couple of weeks ago, I met a man who works with Christians in the Middle East. He is training leaders who are taking on the challenge of leading small house churches in a nation that is openly hostile to the faith. I was simply amazed by…

I’m Too Tired to Write Tonight

Please forgive me, but I’m too tired to write tonight. My wife had surgery last week, so I’ve been doing a couple of things that I haven’t done much in the 42 years since our wedding: shopping and cooking. (Well, making Harris Teeter ready-to-heat meals, that is. For…

Relationships Can Thrive with MS

Relationships are a quagmire in and of themselves. Throw in a chronic, progressive disease, and you have yourself quite the ride. This ride has excitability, steady inclines, crescendos, fun and free times, steep ravines, and shake-ups. Inevitably, balance is restored. That pretty much sums up my marriage. Let me…

MS Is Frustrating, So It’s Healthy to Talk About It

We all have taken advice or read about how to manage our multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms. And we can share with our doctors, spouses, children, or friends about our experiences. But a far better emotional therapy is empathizing with a fellow MS warrior. People can’t understand living with MS…

New Video Series Aims to Lift the MS Community

When youā€™re living with multiple sclerosis, itā€™s important to surround yourself with a community of people who give you the kind of support and understanding you need. When I was diagnosed in 1986, there was no internet to help me find a community,…